2018/2019 Season

Olympic Stadium will take some getting used to but West Ham made a solid start.

LONDON -- On the eve of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, the stadium that was the centrepiece of London 2012 began its new life as the permanent home of West Ham United. Or, as the Hammers' new badge has it, West Ham United London; the addition of the capital's name suggests the club is morphing from a proud, East End working-class institution towards a corporate entity keen to stake its place within one of the world's financial centres.

West Ham avoided a false start at the London Stadium with a 3-0 Europa League qualifying win over Slovenian minnows NK Domzale.

Cheikhou Kouyate scored twice and new signing Sofiane Feghouli opened his account as the Hammers, who left Upton Park at the end of last season, secured a 4-2 aggregate win to reach the play-offs for the group stages of the competition.

Four years to the day since Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford wowed the nation on Super Saturday at London 2012, the Olympic...